Taiwan's president offered on Sunday to help China transition to democracy, on the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

South Korea has seen a sharp gain this year in the student inflow from Taiwan and Hong Kong who came on a school trip, amid a faltering tourism stemming from a steep decline in Chinese visitors, government data showed on Friday.

Taiwan's house price to income ratio for the third quarter of 2016 hit a record high of 9.35, according to the housing affordability data released by Taiwan's construction and planning authority Monday.